Antigono (Gluck)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Operas Demofoonte (1743) Ipermestra (1744) La caduta de' giganti (1746) Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (1747) La Semiramide riconosciuta (1748) Ezio (1750) La clemenza di Tito (1752) Le cinesi (1754) La danza (1755) L'innocenza giustificata (1755) Antigono (1756) Il re pastore (1756) La fausse esclave (1758) La Cythère assiégée (1759) L'île de Merlin (1758) Le diable à quatre (1759) L'arbre enchanté (1759) L'ivrogne corrigé (1760) Tetide (1760) Le cadi dupé (1761) Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) Il trionfo di Clelia (1760) La rencontre imprévue (1764) Il Parnaso confuso (1765) Telemaco (1765) La corona (1765, unperformed) Alceste (1767) Le feste d'Apollo (1769) Paride ed Elena (1770) Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) Armide (1777) Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) Echo et Narcisse (1779) See also: Operas by Gluck

Antigono (Antigonus) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 9 February 1756 at the Torre Argentina in Rome.

Ensemble Serse gave the modern day premiere of "Antigono" on 25 April 2015 in an uncut edition performed on period instruments. The cast was:

Antigono - Simon Gfeller (tenor) Berenice - Calvin Wells (male soprano) Demetrio - Milena Dobrzycka (soprano) Alessandro - Michael Taylor (counter-tenor) Ismene - Jorg Delfos (counter-tenor) Clearco - Tom Verney (counter-tenor)

Musical director - Greg Batsleer

Sources

Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 373.

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